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May 17, 2026
Why No Single Country Can Own the Semiconductor Industry
From China's raw materials to ASML's EUV machines and TSMC and Samsung foundries, the chip supply chain spans nations no
December 7, 2025
The Silicon Rebellion: How Google's TPU Is Challenging Nvidia
Google's efficient TPU chips are challenging Nvidia's AI dominance as Apple, Meta and others break free from the costly
May 26, 2025
The Rise and Fall of Texas Instruments' Home Computer Dream
From oil exploration to the first integrated circuit, TI pushed into consumer computers in the 1980s in an ambitious ven
May 23, 2025
How Broadcom Became a $600 Billion AI Chip Giant
Through Hock Tan's focus on core franchises and aggressive acquisitions, Broadcom grew from an HP spin-off into a $600B
May 19, 2025
STMicroelectronics: The Turnaround Behind a European Chip Giant
How the 1987 merger of Italy's SGS and France's Thomson semiconductor arms forged STMicroelectronics into a leading Euro
April 20, 2025
Huawei's Stunning Comeback Defying U.S. Sanctions
Despite heavy US sanctions, Huawei's new Mate phone and tech advances threaten American chipmakers like Qualcomm, Intel,
April 14, 2025
Can China Overcome U.S. Semiconductor Sanctions?
Despite U.S. export restrictions on advanced chips and equipment, China is pushing to advance its semiconductor industry
March 15, 2025
The Downfall of Intel: 10 Reasons for Its Decline
Once the king of chips, Intel has fallen behind Nvidia, TSMC, and Samsung, with its stock down 57% from peak and barely
February 15, 2025
How India Is Challenging China as Asia's Tech Powerhouse
Through Modi's "Make in India" reforms and incentives, India is luring Apple iPhone production and semiconductor giants
December 31, 2024
The Rise of Jensen Huang and Nvidia's $2 Trillion Empire
From a near-bankrupt startup saved by the Riva 128 to a $2 trillion titan, Jensen Huang's rules of innovation and resili
October 10, 2024
Broadcom: The $570B Company Secretly Controlling the Internet
From an HP division to a $570B titan, Broadcom quietly powers 99% of internet connectivity. Inside its rise and why its
October 6, 2024
The Gate-All-Around Transistor: Revolutionizing Semiconductors
TSMC's N2 node adopts gate-all-around transistors, succeeding FinFETs to fight short-channel leakage and push chip perfo
October 5, 2024
The Future of SRAM: Can It Keep Shrinking?
TSMC's N3 node showed no SRAM scaling gains over N4, raising doubts about the future of the fast, costly cache memory th
October 4, 2024
A New Microchip Breakthrough: Faster Than Silicon?
Georgia Tech and Tianjin University researchers created a semiconductor material promising far faster chips as Moore's L
October 2, 2024
Intel and TSMC's Plan to Revolutionize Microchips
TSMC's 1.6nm process brings Gate-All-Around transistors and backside power delivery, with GAA improving power efficiency
October 1, 2024
What's Next for ASML? A Deep Dive Into the Semiconductor Giant
From a small Philips-ASM joint venture to 42,000 employees, ASML's cutting-edge lithography and no-excuses culture made
September 28, 2024
Is the Groq AI Chip the Fastest in the World?
Groq's US-made ASIC delivers AI inference at 430 tokens per second, challenging Nvidia GPUs with sub-quarter-second resp
September 24, 2024
Will AI Design Computer Chips Faster?
DeepMind's circuit neural networks use reinforcement learning to optimize chip layouts, while LLMs are trained to unders
September 16, 2024
The Crucial Role of EUV Lithography in Chip Making
EUV lithography etches nanometer circuits using 13.5nm light from laser-blasted tin plasma, making it vital to advanced
September 15, 2024
ASML's High-NA EUV Lithography: A 2024 Update
ASML's High-NA EUV lithography raises numerical aperture from 0.33 to 0.55, enabling smaller, denser chips and keeping M
September 13, 2024
Is the AI Boom Real? Reflections From Japan and the US
From a trillion-dollar chip venture to scaling laws, a tour of Japan and the US examines whether AI investment hype matc
September 11, 2024
How Taiwan Built Its Semiconductor Powerhouse
After the 1973 oil crisis exposed its low-value assembly economy, Taiwan used NCTU, returning expertise, and strategic p
September 10, 2024
Microchip Breakthrough: Scaling Transistors Beyond 1nm
A new transistor harnesses quantum effects to shrink to a single molecule of 1-2 nanometers, offering a path to scale ch
September 8, 2024
China's New AI Chips and the Huge Problems They Face
US restrictions on chip equipment and AI chips have spurred China's domestic development, but its most advanced AI chips